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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-08

ArorBER ASSAULT ON CHILD.-Chestsr,
April 2.-Thomss Woods, white msu, was ar
rested this morning on warrsnt issued BY
Trial Justice Leokie, charged with IN sttempt
To commit criminal assault on Mary Gun,
white girl about thirteen years Of age. The
prosecutrix lives at this place, aud for some
time yesterday, in tho absence Of her step
father, was In charge Of his store, whom tbs ae-
cused, in . drunken condition, entered tho
store and attempted 10 take improper liberties
with her. Her screams were heard and
brought relief, thus preventing the accomplish
ment Of his d:abolcal purpose. Chester is
obtaining an unenviabls reputation in this re-
aPes.
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Personal Nentlon.
Capt. A. II. Foster and Mr.. D. c. Flynn have
gone to market for their Spring aud Summer
sto cks.
Miss Effie Tate, ofsoartsnburg is visiting her
friend Miss Maggie Tinsley, Of this place.
Maj. D. A. Townsend has gone TO Greenvills
and Laurens on professional business.
David johnson, Jr., went to Sparianburg on
professional business.
Rev. w. A. Caldwell and wife left last Mon
day, the former to attend the meeting Of Euoree
Presbytery, which convened at-last
Wednesday, and the latter to visit her parents
and friends In Columbia.
Our young friend d. D. Culp has gone to
Chattsnoogi, Tenn, TO seek his fortune in that
booming town aud s,ction. Benjamin is Q
curtseu,. honest AMI honorable young man,
and we sincerely hops his brightest antioipa-
lions will bs realized.
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FiRE IN SPARrASBuRo.-Thursda afternoon,
about four o'clock, the roof Of Col. II. H. Thom-
sons dwelling was discovered to be on fire. In
few moments large crowd collected and
moved all the furniture out except what was
stored in the attic. In this there were many
valuable articles. Although the house burned
slowly, the flames were net extinguished. By
ten o'clock the walls had fallen and the fire
was confined to the basement. Mrs. George
Bomar was keeping boarding house here and
in short time oil the rooms were to be Hlled.
The furniture was much broken in handling.
The insurance was six thousand dollars. The
origin Of tie fire is unknown. Col. Thomson's
flowers were moved and he suffered consider
able loss in that way. He has . very large
and ohoies selection. He ig getting them back
into his conservatory where they can b taken
care of.-Sparfan.
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a Coon MAN GoSE.-Johu L. MoKeown de-
parted this life at his country homo in Union
County, last Wednesday morning, March 20
1887. He was born Nov. %, 1924, in tho old
homestead, where he has since lived out his
life of usefulness, unsurpassed by any Of his
contemporaries. A farmer living . true far
mers life.
He first noticed his iLispositon while work.
ing in the field, March IS, but having a slight
cold for some days took no special notice Of 1t
till in the evening; he began to grow worse.
and Saturday the physician was summoned
but he was unable to rouse him from the apathy
into which he had fallen, and from which he
never awakened to speak those words Of COM
fort ard consolation which the dear ones 90
longed to hear. He passed into eternity with
out exhibiting any signs Of bodily or mental
suffering.
His was beautiful life. He lived not for
himself rs he often remarked. but for the ben
eft, welfare and happiness Of others. lie was
beloved by both rich and poor; tho former
came TO him fer counsel, the latter for charity,
and 10th found welcome by his hearthstons.
He dies without IN enemy. What other man
can mako that assertion. The poor rise up and
bless lis name aud all men call him good
Ga6ney City Buiiefon.
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April 1.-The Cesarisn operation, ono Of the
most difficult aud dangerous known to surgery,
vas successfully performed by Prof william
7. Lusk nt Bellevue Hospital on March %.
The patient was . woman who came TO The hos
pital Of her own accord, and expressed her
willingness to undergo il, as there was no
other way to save the life Of her unborn child :,
and perhaps her own. She was strong and
perfectly healthy, and after consultation the
attempt was made. After the most careful
preparations, the patient was placed under the
influence Of an anaesthetio. A lontii udinal in
cision Was then made, through this the child
was removed. All the several tistues we're
joined and the sutures left for four days. Both
mother and child are now In excellent heath.
II ia said to be 100 years ct least since the
Caeearian. operation has been performed 50
successfully.
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~ With great pleasure We fnd the fellow
ing pleasant words Of . worthy youns man
from this county, Whs has established high
reputation for himself in the State Of Alabama :
The Eutdc Whig says: DR.. ]. L. FAINT hn,
moved from Portland to the city Of Tuscaloosa,
for the purpose Of praoticing his profession.
We regret to lose him from Greene, and the
good people Of Portland, we learn, were 10th
to give him up. DR.. FAINT removed from South
Carolina to Marengo county, in this State
where he practiced his profession successful lly
for five years, when he came to Portland, in
this county, and continued it for seven years
up to the time Of his departure for Tusoaiooss,
last week. An experienced physician, an es.
Unable gentleman, worthy Of confidence, ve
take pleasure in recommending him to the
good people Of Tuscaloosa.
The 7hueaioosa Gazette, in welcoming DR..
FAINT, pays him the following graceful oompli.
ment: He is attracted here BY the report of
our dawning prosperity, aud has already made
many friends by his commanding appearance
and genial manners We welcome him TO his
new home, and bespeak for him the confidence
and patronage Of our citizens.
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A DESERVED Pnoxor1oS. Capt. W. G.
RaouIs election to the presidency Of tho Mexi.
ean National Railroad was an honor which
surprised his friends as much as it eratiied
them. While he managed the Georgia Cen
trails 2,2O0 miles Of railroad aud steamsh in
lines growing was heard all the time at his
management. 1t appears, though, that his
ability did not escape notice else0he He
would have taken place on the Interstate
commerce commission had It been rendered
him two months ago. Georgia really wanted
to see him get . place. The railroads, too,
certainly preferred him to Commissions or
Bragg, who had the reputation Of being too
severe on them when he was on the Alabama
commission. Instead Of the $500 salary
which goes with the Government Job Capt.
Raoul will get $50 900 year in his nav posi-
tion. The company which no takes hold of
has had o sore time with theoretical railroad
men. Costly blunders were made time and
again until the corporation concluded . prao-
tical man had better be put in charge. Hence
Capt. Raoul was selected. He will give up hi.
residence in Savannah. 1t Is not un likely
that he will take some Of his old Central en-
ployees along with him. New railway officials
generally do.
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Rich GOLD NINE IN SPARrANBURo.-The
gold mines near Glendale have been attracting
ssme attention lately. It is not proper to give
such IN enterprise an undue and unmerited
boom. For moro than half . century il has
been known that gold was to be found in this
nsighborhood. The Spartan will report only
the facts in the case which will be fair to both
operators and the owners Of adjacent lands.
visitor just in from the Boston Companys
mine, near Glendale, reports that the work.
nen in digging in tho west portion Of the Lin
der property, oame upon an immensely rich
deposit Of gold ores about 80 feet below the
surface. The vein Is "a inches In thickness, Of
. dark brown color. Average samples have
been taken from this vein at this point aud
found TO contain one pennyweight to the pound
Of vein matter, or $4,000 to the ton. Just how
far this will extend cannot now be determined,
but the fact Of finding the Same GLASS Of ore
1,200 feet east on the Same vein and showing
tho Same chsraoteristics-ands ct several other
points, 10 pretty conclusive evidence that this
rich ore Is continuous through the whole Of
this vast distance.
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To Pea RIDGE


Your Communication ID 90 unnecessarily
personal that Il will do your cause moro In
jury than good. Il Is . great mistake with
some that an Editor Is not responsible for
what may sppea- in the columns OF his paper
from correspondents. In our editorial career
We have seen moro than twenty serious per-
sonal difficulties occur, in consequence Of i'm
prudent and offensive articles published In
newspapers, and in two instances at least,
have We seen the peace aud harmony Of whole
communities destroyed by iudiscreet and un-
necessarily severe attacks upon individuals
Aud further, in all such cases tho public
holds tho Editor partly responsible for any
difficulty that mny arise from such publication,
and he slone is made TO suffer for permitting
such Questionable matter to appear in his
paper.
We may or may not agree with you in the
position you assume, but We SEQ only serious
harm to come from your structures upon other
mems motives and Intentions. We respectfully
decline to opsn the oolumus Of the TINES for
the ventilation Of private difficulties, particu-
larly when We feel that no good can be accom-. {.
plished, but great harm may come from II.
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A Sign Or InrRovEMrxr.-whsn . railroad

A Sign Or IMPRovEMEHT.-When 0 railroad
company sees ft to Voluntarily raise the rsmu-
neraiion Oft employees Il must be excepted as
an encouraging sign of improvement in busi-
ness in general. The intelligence that the pay
Of the employees at the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta shops in this city has been raised
community what redownds 10 the good Of any
individual redowns to the good Gf all. The
raise amounts to ten per cent, and the whole
force is put on ten hours work per day instead
Of eight hours rs has been the case for some
time past. The increased pay goes into effect
from April 1.--Col. Register.
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ABpEvILLE In FLAMEs.-AbbevilIs, April 5
This afternoon about O. clock the fine resi-
dence Of Judge McGowsn was discovered to be
on fire and al efforts to save it were vain.
Only part Of the furniture was saved. The
Presbyterian Church, which Is next to Judge
McGowan's home, was also destroyed. The
widest excitement prevailed, as steady wind
from the West put in jeopardy Q great many
houses and it was with great difficulty that the
Presbyterian parsonage, the old Methodist
Church, the residences Of Mrs. Lythgoe and
Mrs. Allevo were saved. small house was
burned to the ground soms distance from tho
place where the ere originated and Miller's
Hotel and Russelrs stables were also ON fire,
but were ved.-Reps and Courisr.
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FIVE NEoKoEs IrNcHED AT YoRKvMLs.-
forkville, April, 5.-At half past 4 o'clock
this morning party Of about sixty uudi.-
guised men forcibly entered the jail at this
place and demanded the keys Of tho door lead.
ing 70 the prisoner cells. These being re-
FUSED by he sheriff. they proceeded to force
an entrance by forcing the door aud breaking
the locks OF tho iron grating Of the cells. Thoy
then took from the Jail Giles Goods. Bs,lsv
Dowdle, Prindley Thomson and Nose Lipsoomb
ths negroes charged with the murder Of John
Lee doode, and leading them to o spo. one
mile north Of town, hanged them to the limbs
OF trees. All but Dan Roberts were hanged 10
the same tree "
The excitement incident to tho murder Of
aoode had about subsidized, but public indigns.
ton WAS rekindled yesterday, when IL became
generally known that the father Of the muir.
dered boy had become derauged in consequences
Of the brutal deed.
The details OF the Iynching. as far as they
can bs gathered in addition TO the above bricf
statement, are as follows:
The crowd approached the jaiI. which Ia on
the west side Of town and the last house on
the street, in an orderly manner. Tho sheriff
was sson reused, and refusing to surrender the
Keys, party proceeded to the third story,
oattering down such doors as obstructed them,
and by the aid Of dark lantern, with which
they were provided, some Of them went into the
cells and selected their victims, whom thew led
out They were provided with padooks,
which they substituted on the grated door open
ing TO the cells, leaving the Jail reasonably Sc
cure. In the meantime the sheriff, uuaided,
HIDING resistance useless. attempted to raise
IN alarm BY drins his pistol several times
rapidly in succession. By this means attention
was directed to tho Jail, but before any one
could arrive there the lynohsrs had secured
their men and were on their way to the spot Sc
lected for the final scene in this fearful drama,
knoll just ono mile from the Courthouse.
Here on the east side Of the public road, to ono
tree, four Of tho wretohes were hanged. aud on
the opposite side the other. The doomed men
seemed to make no outory aud offered no re-
sistsnce. Death resulted from strangulation,
A coroner's inquest was held to-day, tho
verdict boing that the deaih Of the men was
produced BY hanging aud by persons unknown
to the jury.--Neps and Courier.
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A Remarkable Coinoidsnt.

Ills not uncommon for great men 10 think
alike, but Il 10 somewhat remarkable when two
great Editors, living miles apart, not only
think alike. but actually present their views
upon tho same subject, perba-
tim ct Rterdtim, as appears 10 have been the
case last week, by an extract published In the
Neps ard Courier and credited TO the Laurens-
viiie Herald. II 10 81 seldom that the old
brains Of the Union TINES indhs anything
worthy Of being reproduced In the columns
Of colossal daily, that We caudidly confess Il
touches our pride when We see our thunder
forestsilsd By the young aisd-readers around
us and appropriated 70 their credit. asatis-
men, don't shove us OF tho platform % uneer.
smouiously; We shall b out Of the way soon,,
naturally.
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Admitted To Bail.

Admitted To Ball.
Col. George J0hnstOns, ofEswbsrry, appear
cd last Monday before his Honor Judge Wal
lace. In chambers. under wri, Of aabeos cor.
pa'. fSr the shooting off. B. Jones, and was sd-
nitisd to bail In the sum Of $500. Mr..
tombstone was represented BY j. Y. Pope and
U. L. shumpert' Of the Newbsry bar.
30 Tor as the aOt OF shooting was concerned,
the sworn testimony OF Witnesses make, Il .
clear case OF self defense. on the part Of Mr.
'0hnstons. As to the pro,ooation and other
ma'srs corrected With the very sad affair, We
."o" nothing, and do not feel justified in Civ
ing 10 the public the unreliable rumors now
floating about ooncerniueit
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THs RIoHr PASSWORD, but rHs WRoxa SHELL.
"A good Templar in Chico, CAL, got full and
went up TO the lodge room in that condition.
He knocked at the inner door aud gave the
password to the guardian, who was q MiIesian
and who had, with the mother wit Of his ace,
placed his nose 10 the wicket insteai Of his ear
He repeated the word abstinence the SEQ
ond time and asked; "Dsnuis, why doncher
open 'er door! Hain't got the right pass
wordi" "Yis, sir, bawled Dennis, within
hearing Of the whole lodge, "you do be having
the right password intiFely. but, be jabers, sor,
yer have the wrong shmell''- Portland Mercury,
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FEARFUL FLIGHT OF BoILER.-Cincinnat
April AT o'clock this morning boiler in
Cr swford's planning mill, at the foot of Evans
str eet in this city, exploded with terrible force,
dem olshiug the spgine-house and dangerous
ly wounding four workmen. The boiler itself
went spinning through the roof, going dis
tanee OF three hundred yards and falling on
. shsnty boat at the edge Of the river. II de-
molished the boat aud instantly killed Mrs.
Eliza Mclean, who wa, at her work in one
end 1t. Her head was cut completely of
and one log was found in the boiler. Her
husband sleeping in the next room, was uniu-
jured, but terribly frightened.
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Tne Leca Absent
We have not seen or heard from our Local
since last Saturday. He was then on his way
to Gsfney City to attend . wedding. II any
young or old lady has eloped with him, or the
reverse, the least We could expect from him
would DO graphic account fthe affair. He
looked "stuunins'' when he left, and, ladies,
he's awful ON :'n.sh;' but IL you want to
catch him, you must grab him on the first
bounce, for there is great deaf Of the Irish
mans dea about him: When you put your
finger on him he aiu't thar.
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b onor to Pea Ridge.

h onor to Tea Ridge
In the published report of the commencement
Of the Baltimore University S,hool Of Med icins,
held In that city on the 10th Of March, we arc
gratifsd at seeing the name Of L. J. Wood,
among the four distinguished graduates, out Of
GLASS Of ID, who carried eff the prizes.
DR.. Wood, is the son of Nc. A. G. Wood,
who resides in the Pc. Rijg, section Of this
county, where the DR.. was b,rn and raised.
The DR.. is young man Of studious habits and
high moral character, aud we sincerely wish
him every success in ths n ,blo profession no
has chosen,
There is splendid material in the young men
Of Union, and when developed by educ,tion
and study, it always reflects honor upon the
county. With Drs. Hill aud Wood and B. C.
Jennings, now In tho field Of aotiv, life, aud
Townsend, johnson and others st,nding high
in their classes at school, We feel little pride
in pointing to them as bright jewels Of the
county.
Out Of the four prizes awarded at the Balti-
moro Medical College, South Caro- lima boys
carried of two.
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pfAsrRous TINBgR FIRES In TKxAs.-Chica-
90, April "A special from Morgan, Texas,
says: News has reached here Of worry de-
structive fire raging In the cedar brakes on the
Brazos River. ten miles East Of here. Tho firs
started Tuesday at the mouth Of Laipgs Greek.
and destroyed oil the timber on the midland
and Chorino leagues TO the amount Of 10000
acres. Several houses have been burned. The
damage already amounts to S40O, 600, and the
flames are still raging.
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I0- Bishop W. W. Duncan preached two
remarkably impressive sermons list Sunday.
One ut the morning services IN the Methodist
church, before the Quarterly Conference, aud
one at night in the Presbyterian church, to the
young men. At both services there were large
congregations. p. r. Herbert was sick aud
unable to fill the appointments male for that
day, aud Bishop Duncan kindly responded to
the call to take his place.
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r0- What about the railrosdf Is tho
question that meets US every day on the street,
and to which We are unable to give any intel
Hgent answer. letter from President Nit
ehsll q few days ago, says that the prospects are
bright ss ever, and the building Of the road IL
. fixed fact.
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- The April term Of the State Suprsme 0
Court will begin Tuesday, the 10Th inst.
The Seventh Circuit will DO called on Mon
day, May I'd, AMI continue ave days.
Cases in the original Jurisdiction will have
preference on each Monday Of the term.
Applications for admission to practice must
be 6led on or before April 26th.
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LEARNING FRox PERiEScE.-Prosperity,
April l.-snow and sleet has been falling up
to 2 o'clock today. Fruit has Ill been killed
by the recent cold weather. Small grain in
this section Is much botter than last year,
Corn 10 being freely planted, an1 our farmeps
arc preparing for good corn gathering on up
lands and are not dependin g on low lands en-.
tirely.
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EsLARoINa THE CorToN MILLs.-In . very
quiet way D. E. Converse, president Of the
Clifton Mills, is digging out the foundation for
. new factory at the Cannon Shoals half
mile below Clifton. / hear that he had q hun
dred laborers at work there this week. so
quietly has he gone about this second mill that
the public knew nothing Of it until the work
had been commenced. President Montgomery
Of the Pacolet Mills, is also laying the founda-
tien for an enlargement Of the factory. He
proposes to double the present capacity Of the
mill.
While these established mills are moving on
in this way, l hear that business inquiries
are being made about certain idle shoals in this
county. On the Tigers and Enorse there is
excellent unused water power capable Of run
ming dozen large mills.
All these enterprises will help 10 build up
and develop the county, and will stimulate the
farmers in the vicinity Of the mills 10 more
varied production.-Cor. News and Courier.
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~ To-day is Good Friday. Next Sunday
will be Easter Sunday, the last day Of Lent.
The Ladies' Of the Church Of the Nativity
are preparing to slsborately dress the Church
with flowers and evergrcens, in commemorstion
Of the resurrection or our Saviour.
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THE BURNING OF GRANT Row.-washipgtou
April 4. On East Capitol street, two squares
frsm the Capitol grounds, stands q block Of
houses known Is the Grant row. The row
which covers the whole square from 2nd to
Bird street, was erected about 1873 by Capt.
Albert Grant. To carry on his extensive build
Ing operations, Capt. Grant secured au advance
from the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, and out Of this transaction grew litiga-
ton which has been pending dozen years aud
was finally settled to-day. 81. -.
While the decision was being read in the
United States Supreme Court against Capt.
Grant, and in favor Of the insurance company,
this row was discovered to be on FIRE. One Of
the houses is occupied by Senator Blair Of
New Hampshire, who was Capt. Grants coun-
sci in the litigation referred to. The FIRE be-
gan in Blair's house and the roof and upper
story was burned off Blair's house and the
house adjoining when the fremen stopped it.
The loss to the buildings amount to several
thousand dollars, and to the contents Of tho
houses BY fire aud water considerably more.
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Hot Q Kan ON the HIM.

Hot Kan On the Hili.'
Last Monday was about - dull sales day a.
we ever knew In Union. In the language Of /.
friend. there was not . man on the hill Il
spoke we'll for the County. There were no
Sheriff or Masters Sales, aud the weather be-
ing hne for farm work, all hands wsre at the
plew, to make something to pay debts in the
Fall
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Rev. C. r. wniEFORD'S APPOINTMENTS

Putnam Baptist Church, lst Sunday at IL A.
NJ, aud the Saturday before, at II NJ, in each
month.
Pacslet Baptist Church, No. 2. on the I'd
Sunday, at III A. NJ. and Saturday before, at
IL NJ, in each month.
Jonesville Baptist Church, on Sd Sunday in
each month-morning at ii o'clock, night at
7.30 o'clock.
Salem Baptist Church. on the 4th Sunday In
each month-morning at IL, night at 7.80
o'clock.